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Re: Property Rights are the foundation of freedom
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 30 Apr 2003 19:49:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
Perhaps nothing will forgive you.  I do not -- not your dragging
Christianity into this debate where it's not warranted :)

Shrub has made Xtianity the excuse of every depraved thing his
administration stands for.  I stand behind my comment though further
discussion may be futile.

Again, and I stress it, wouldn't it be better to simply be compassionate?
The dehumanization of ourselves and others is fertile soil for atrocity.

-- Hop-Frog

Completely agreed, but blaming Christians because of stupid Christians is as
dumb as blaming Muslims for stupid Muslims is as dumb as blaming Athiests
for stupid Athiests...

My compassion, I like to think, comes from my Christian values, but that
sounds stupid--I'd be compassionate no matter what I believed in, 'cause
it's the right thing to do, no matter your porfessed god (or lack thereof).

Scott didn't invoke 'God-Speak', and Dubya wasn't mentioned at all, so, as
my pappy liked to say, what's that gotta do with the price of tea in China?

Or is this a great tangent, like the ones I take everybody on?

Dave K



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  Re: Property Rights are the foundation of freedom
 
(...) Excellent! (...) Yes and no. All debates revolve around appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos. In English these are ethical, logical, and emotional appeals; repectively. In mentioning Xtianity, I was remembering Costello's trust in a praying (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Property Rights are the foundation of freedom
 
(...) Shrub has made Xtianity the excuse of every depraved thing his administration stands for. I stand behind my comment though further discussion may be futile. Again, and I stress it, wouldn't it be better to simply be compassionate? The (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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